Film is Lit
Episodes
Ep. 046 - Akira (Otomo, 1982-1990/ Otomo, 1988)
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Welcome to Season 5 of Film is Lit!!! We’re roaring into the first episode with Volumes 1-6 of renowned Japa...
Ep. 045 - HBO's Watchmen (Moore + Gibbons, 1986/ Lindelof, 2019) - PART IV
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** We have reached the end of Film is Lit Season 4! Let’s wrap it up with our fifth and final (maybe) episode d...
Ep. 044 - HBO's Watchmen (Moore + Gibbons, 1986/ Lindelof, 2019) - PART III
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Welcome to the episode that no one asked for but we decided to record anyway! It’s no secret that Lindelof’...
Ep. 043 - HBO's Watchmen (Moore + Gibbons, 1986/ Lindelof, 2019) - PART II
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Now THIS is an episode that you’ll want to listen to! Welcome to Part II of Watchmen content (Moore, 1986/ L...
Ep. 042 - Watchmen (Moore + Gibbons, 1986/ Snyder, 2009)
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Film is Lit’s Journal. June 8th, 2021: Laura and Danny sit down to discuss Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ gr...
Ep. 041 - The Prestige (Priest, 1995/ Nolan, 2006)
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** "Film is Lit" turns 1 today! Happy Anniversary! Let’s celebrate with a magic show, shall we? Watch as Christ...
Ep. 040 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling, 1999/ Cuarón, 2004)
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** So many Millennials have a special place in their hearts for the Harry Potter stories; Laura and Danny are no ...
Ep. 039 - The Godfather (Puzo, 1969/ Coppola, 1972)
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** We’re gunna make you an offer you can’t refuse….listen to this episode if you want to have a good time! ...
Ep. 038 - The Princess Bride (Goldman, 1973/ Reiner, 1987)
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** "Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love...miracles!” There’s so...
Ep. 037 - If Beale Street Could Talk (Baldwin, 1974/ Jenkins, 2018)
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** A movie based on a James Baldwin classic, directed by Barry Jenkins, score composed by Nicholas Britell, with ...
Ep. 036 - Books That Should Be Movies (SPECIAL EPISODE)
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this SPECIAL EPISODE of “Film is Lit,” Laura and Danny take a break from discussing movie adaptations of books to talk about…books that shoul...
Ep. 035 - The Lovely Bones (Sebold, 2002/ Jackson, 2009)
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** From the man who brought to screen "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy - the greatest fantasy movie series of all ...
Ep. 034 - Ready Player One (Cline, 2011/ Spielberg, 2018)
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Welcome to SEASON 4 of "Film is Lit" - the fan request season! On this season opener, we are joined by Danny's...
Ep. 033 - East of Eden (Steinbeck, 1952/ Kazan, 1955)
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Wrapping up Season 3 was never going to be easy...so we chose John Steinbeck’s American epic, “East of Ede...
Ep. 032 - Ad Astra (Gray, 2019)/ Heart of Darkness (Conrad, 1902)
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** REJOICE! We have finally reached the end of our "Heart of Darkness" coverage. Today, the movie adaptation in q...
Ep. 031 - Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)/ Heart of Darkness (Conrad, 1902)
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Oh, what was that? You wanted a bonus episode to this already-two-part episode covering Heart of Darkness and ...
Ep. 030 PART I - Heart of Darkness (Conrad, 1902)/ Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** I love the smell of podcasts in the morning! Welcome to PART 1 of our coverage on Joseph Conrad's seminal nove...
Ep. 029 - Little Women (Alcott, 1868/ Gerwig, 2019)
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Have you ever wanted to hear Laura basically cry on a podcast episode because she loves a book so much? Well t...
Ep. 028 - Rosemary's Baby (Levin, 1967/ Polanski, 1968)
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** ...And you thought YOUR neighbors were nosy! On this episode of the Film is Lit, we cover Ira Levin's devilish...
Ep. 027 - Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury, 1953/ Bahrani, 2018)
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Welcome to Episode 027 - Laura's literal nightmare-hell scape where it's illegal to not only read books, but a...
Ep. 026 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Chbosky, 1999/ Chbosky, 2012)
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Ahhhhh High School... waking up at 5am to catch the bus, chicken nuggets and chocolate milk for lunch at 11am,...
Ep. 025 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Reid, 2016/ Kaufman, 2020)
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** A film with Jesse Plemons AND Jessie Buckley?!?!? An ABUNDANCE of Jessies! Today on the pod, Laura and Danny r...
Ep. 024 - The Martian (Weir, 2011 / Scott, 2015)
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Thanksgiving 2020 kind of resembled "The Martian" right? - lonely, separated from your friends and famil...
Ep. 023 - Emma (Austen, 1815/ de Wilde, 2020)
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** We have more Austen and more Sean Flory! Listeners, welcome to episode 2 of season 3, during which Laura and S...
Ep. 022 - The Silence of the Lambs (Harris, 1988/ Demme, 1991)
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** They'll say we're in love......WITH THIS STORY! Welcome to season 3 of "Film is Lit"!!!! On today's episode, w...
Ep. 021 - 11/22/63 (King, 2011/ Carpenter, 2016) - PART II
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Let the bloodbath commence!! Welcome to Part II of our “11/22/63” episode, focusing on the 2016 miniseries...
Ep. 020 - 11/22/63 (King, 2011 / Carpenter, 2016)
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Please excuse how much we love this book!!! We just can’t say enough about it, so welcome to Part 1 of 2 of ...
Ep. 019 - The Girl on the Train (Hawkins, 2015/ Taylor, 2016)
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Listen…when talking about “Girl on the Train,” it’s impossible not to compare it to Gillian Flynn’s ...
Ep. 018 - Dune (Herbert, 1965/ Lynch, 1984)
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Hop on your sandworms, cuz we're going to Arrakis! On today's episode, we are joined by our dear friend and Un...
Ep. 017 - From Russia with Love (Fleming, 1957/ Young, 1964)
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** The name's Lit...Film is Lit! Purely by coincidence, Laura and Danny are discussing a Bond adaptation a ...
Ep. 016 - Oil! (Sinclair, 1926)/ There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2017)
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** The hosts are back with a palate cleanser, folks! Join Danny and Laura as they discuss Upton Sinclair's niche ...
Ep. 015 - Mansfield Park (Austen, 1814 / Rozema, 1999)
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
All the hosts can say is...what a contrast. From Austen's 1814 Mansfield Park to Rozema's mess of a 1999 movie, this episode really covers the good, t...
Ep. 014 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Phillip K. Dick, 1968) / Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** What does it mean to be human? How does one know if they have a soul? How hard is it to make an origami unicor...
Ep. 013 - No Country for Old Men (McCarthy, 2005/ Coen Brothers, 2007)
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Well, neither Laura nor Danny are old men, so they can handle this country (if by "country" you mean this podc...
Ep. 012 - Where'd You Go, Bernadette? (Semple, 2012/ Linklater, 2019)
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
*THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Buckle up, because this is NOT a fun ride...if you like hating on poorly-written novels and screenplays, it's t...
Ep. 011 - Fight Club (Palahniuk, 1996/ Fincher, 1999)
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** We were told not to talk about this, TWICE actually, but we're going to anyways!!! Laura and Danny have joined...
Ep. 010 - Pride and Prejudice (Austen, 1813/ Wright, 2005)
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Madams and Monsieurs, it's time to embrace 19th century repression and corsets! Sometimes Austen's novels are ...
Ep. 009 - Annihilation (VanderMeer, 2014/ Garland, 2018)
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** In this episode of Film is Lit, Laura and Danny FINALLY disagree on something. (Thank god, right?) Join the ho...
Ep. 008 - True Grit (Portis, 1968/ Coen Brothers, 2010)
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
*THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** They say we've got grit...no, not Quaker's Original Quick 5 Minute Grits™...TRUE grit! On this episode of Fil...
Ep. 007 - Gone Girl (Flynn, 2012/ Fincher, 2014)
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Amy may be gone, but Laura and Danny are here again!! Welcome to Episode 7, in which the hosts discuss Gillian...
Ep. 006 - Lolita (Nabokov, 1955/ Kubrick, 1962)
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** On this episode of "Film is Lit", Laura and Danny cover Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel, "Lolita", and ...
Ep. 005 - The Shining (King, 1977/ Kubrick, 1980)
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** This episode is a heavy-hitter; not only do Laura and Danny discuss one of their favorite novel-to-screen adap...
Ep. 004 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kesey, 1962/ Forman, 1975)
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** Hold onto your cigarettes, 'cuz there's a new McMurphy in town! TWO McMurphies to be exact! In this episode, D...
Ep. 003 - Arrival (Villeneuve, 2016)/ Story of Your Life (Chiang, 1998)
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**This episode contains full spoilers** In episode three, Laura and Danny explore Ted Chiang's 1998 novella Story of Your Life, and the changes that D...
Ep. 002 - Shutter Island (Lehane, 2003/ Scorsese, 2010)
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**This episode contains full spoilers** Well hello, episode TWO! Laura and Danny discuss Dennis Lehan's WILD ride of a novel, Shutter Island (2003), a...
Ep. 001 - Call Me By Your Name (Aciman, 2007/ Guadagnino, 2017)
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**This episode contains full spoilers** In the inaugural episode of Film is Lit, Danny and Laura discuss the greatest love story of all time: Call Me ...